Chancay False Head Mask - Woven Textiles and Wood

Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A mummy bundle false head made from woven textile of plain weave cotton and a painted case; the front mask is decorated with an express

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. A large funerary mask carved from wood, painted with red pigments, and wrapped with a lovely hand-woven textile headband made of cameli

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. A large funerary mask carved from wood, painted with red cinnabar pigments, and wrapped with a lovely hand-woven textile headband made

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1250 CE. An anthropomorphic wooden mummy mask with painted details and a hand-woven textile headdress. The wooden mask is comprised of a short n

Pre-Columbian, Huari to Chancay, Peru, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. This is a carved wooden head with full lips, a protruding hook nose, inlaid black pupils in white-painted eyes, and a gauze textile and twine

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1450 CE. A fine mummy bundle false head made from tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in hues of beige, fuchsia, wheat, coffee, s

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. An anthropomorphic wooden figure with painted details and a hand-woven textile headdress and cape with cords wrapped around his head an

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. A large funerary mask carved from wood, with a coiffure of human hair and a camelid wool headdress. The visage is stylized and painted

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA ** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1450 CE. An impressive wooden mummy bundle head donning a text

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1450 CE. A fine mummy bundle false head made from tightly woven cotton sack and camelid fibers (alpaca or llama, with hammered and cut sheets mad

A Carved wooden mask embellished with woven cotton textile and human hair, painted a brilliant organic red with kaolin like clay mineral pigment and tar to accent the eyes. Among the Chancay culture t

A mask in wooden fabrication and black coloration. It's a human face with ram horns on the sides of the head and protruding eyes. The nose is an inverted V shaped, and beneath that, there is a mustach

Ca. 900-1300 AD. Vilcaroel. North Coast, Peru. Very good with age appropriate wear to wood and paint surface, as well minor losses to the original fabric. According to Mr. Nooters notes, this item was

A carved wooden mask with a mass of woven grass and textile regalia attached as a headdress, green painted wood with energetic facial features and attached animal hide. Chewa peoples, Malawi, Africa.

Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A hand-carved wooden mummy mask of a grand, trapezoidal size with textile adornments woven from both natural cotton and camelid (

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A large woven camelid (alpaca or llama) wool textile presenting zoomorphic or avian creatures - perhaps owls occupying the diamon

Chancay Wooden Mummy mask from Peru, ca. 1000-1425 A.D. A painted wood plank mask with small painted white diamond shape eyes, black pupils. Attached textile headdress over the forehead. Custom metal

Two African Pende, Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood and polychrome masks, possibly muyombo; each with woven head coverings; one showing long beard trimmed in raffia (stands not include

Two African Pende, Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood and polychrome masks, possibly muyombo; each with woven head coverings; one showing long beard trimmed in raffia (stands not include

African Songye Wood / Fiber Figure, Male Kifwebe Mask, DRC, Mid-20th C. Wood figure wrapped in woven fiber, leather kit, long raffia collar, feathers dangling from fiber extension behind head, and wea

African Shell and Bead Mounted Mask. The large carved wood head mounted with various beads, shells, and copper, with additional carved decoration; woven fiber hanging around the perimeter sewn with be

African Chokwe Pwo Mask, DRC. Carved wood face with fiber and textile headdress extending down the back of the head and neck. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Si

A dramatic old helmet mask from carved wood with a stylized burden vessel on the head, large eyes and nose, accented with raised linear design and embellished with various textiles. Tiv peoples, Niger

Hand carved and painted wood zoomorphic mask of Ngulu or pig, with metal appliques to the snout and head - with a coin mounted directly in the middle of the forehead. Textile and rattan weaves act as